Audiences love to stand and sing along when George Frederick Handel’s oratorio Messiah gets to the Hallelujah chorus.
In the past few years, a new note has sounded from the New York Times down through tiers of liberals and progressives: you must always keep in mind that Handel invested in the slave trade. And each musician and listener today must make up for that. Read the article at https://newworker.us/culture/handel-and-the-slave-trade/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34000): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34000 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110057116/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
